The Meadows

Starters did and excellent job of helping us with an extra person listed on tee time. Playing partner does not like golfing with others yet as she is just starting out.
Thanks so very much.

Great course but also pretty difficult. The fairways are very tight and if you aren't accurate good luck finding your ball. Fun course to play a 4 man scramble but im not sure Ill be back to often. Other challenging courses that are a little more forgiving in the area.

This is one of the best conditioned courses in Michigan.
Great greens and fairways.
Kudos to the maintenance team.

If you don’t live in the Allendale area it not worth the drive. Plenty of other courses on the way with better value.

Wet, sloppy, it was awful. Tried to play 18, 4.5 hours in had to skip the last 3 holes because I could not stay out over 5 hours for 18. They paired us up with 2 singles. It took forever. I was a little upset that I didn’t realize the golf discount was for noon or later tee times.
The guy at the counter wasn’t very helpful with having a 10:40 tee time. It was late October and the course was all hacked up and rough cut down for winter and on and on. A common courtesy would have been to accept the certificate the hour 20 early. That isn’t even what made it so aweful. They were slow and it was a trashed course. Horrible. I’ll never go again. I’d rather pay and play at the many great courses nearby.

I play The Meadows 2 or 3 times a year. The course has an outstanding rating and is currently rated as #23 in the US for college courses. I have found that the course usually has very good conditions and is fun to play.

I do find that the rough is often very long and very easy to lose balls close to greens and fairways. Also, the deep rough is very penal, usually a lost ball for sure. Since I don't play the course that often, I am not always sure the best direction and required distance to avoid the most dangerous spots. I like the concept of deep rough, but would prefer a thinner, wispier rough, that would still be penal, but you could play out of. there would still be about a 1/2 stroke penalty, but less lost balls and time spent looking for them.

Heavy rain just before tee time. Greens drained well, not so the fairways. Still had fun. Beautiful course.

Unless you're retired or taking time off to play early tee times don't make dinner reservations after golf. You won't make the reservation.